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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Animal Consciousness: Behavioral Flexibility is Ubiquitous

Consciousness exists across diverse species including insects, demonstrating that humans are not uniquely conscious and behavioral flexibility indicates sentience in nonhuman animals.
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Philosophy
fromApaonline
5 months ago

"Chidi Kills Janet!" Unpacking Sentience and the Moral Status of AI

Rebooting an advanced AI that has learned and grown raises moral tension because its apparent personhood conflicts with treating it as mere property.
Artificial intelligence
fromVulture
6 months ago

Alien: Earth Recap: Bees Do It

Alien: Earth overtly probes sentience and creator-created dynamics, mixing clumsy exposition with provocative, unsettling imagery and memorable philosophical dialogue.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights

Animals can receive legal rights and personhood through a species-membership approach without undermining human equality or rights.
fromThe New Yorker
6 months ago

The Revised Laws of Robotics

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless that human being did something to really annoy the human being who programmed it.
Artificial intelligence
OMG science
fromThe New Yorker
9 months ago

Peter Godfrey-Smith on Alien Intelligences in Our Midst

Peter Godfrey-Smith delves into the unique sentience of cephalopods and its implications for understanding intelligence and culture in non-human species.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025. You read that right.

Murderbot explores themes of autonomy and identity through a comedic lens, while worrying about attracting a wider audience.
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